KROK 1 2011 – Question 173 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A tooth extraction in a patient with chronic persistent hepatitis was complicated with prolonged hemorrhage. What is the reason for the haemorrhagic syndrome?
- A. Decrease in thrombin production
- B. Increase in thromboplastin production
- C. Decrease in fibrin production
- D. Fibrinolysis intensification
- E. Increase in fibrinogen synthesis
Hint
Think about where the clotting factors are made and what happens to the coagulation cascade when that organ's synthetic capacity falls.
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